AE 4712 - Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Design-Build Senior Project I

1 lecture hours 2 lab hours 2 credits

Course Description
This course is the first part of a three-part series in designing a building for a real-life client using the design build project delivery method. The course concentrates on preparing and developing the required “program” a designer must complete in order to understand the client’s building and design goals and requirements. The students must understand spatial relationships, building users, building codes and budget constraints in the development of the final program. The program is then used in the follow-on senior project courses in subsequent quarters, as the basis of the design for the building. Other topics include team organization, team building, client interviewing skills, LEED and sustainable development, space analysis, building code review, building type research, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and CAD. Note: BSAE students should register for AE 4712; BSCM students should register for CM 4712; five-year two-degree BSAE/BSCM students should register for AE 4712 in their fourth year and CM 4712 in their fifth year. Students must take this course in consecutive terms with AE 4721/CM 4721, followed by AE 4731/CM 4731 and AE 4733. (prereq: senior standing or fifth year standing in BSAE/BSCM five-year program, successful completion of all junior level AE design specialty courses, major GPA of at least 2.0) (coreq: AE 4311)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Formulate the space requirements of a building based on client interviews and research
Generate appropriate plans based on the required spatial relationships
Identify appropriate LEED and sustainable design features
Determine appropriate Building Code regulations that apply to their project
Analyze budget constraints
Research appropriate building type examples for their project
Facilitate team organization and team building

Prerequisites by Topic

None

Course Topics

Team building
Design Build Delivery System
Programming
Space analysis
Research and data Collection
LEED
Interviewing
Building Code review
Conceptual estimating
Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Laboratory Topics

All topics will be covered throughout the fall quarter, the actual lecture sequence of topics will be based on individual assignments/design problems

Coordinator
Michael McGeen

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AE 4712 - Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Design-Build Senior Project I